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A New York Hotel With Flashy Patterns and Bucolic Gardens

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Despite being one of the most coveted residential neighborhoods in Manhattan, TriBeCa has long had a dearth of beautiful places to stay. That changed this month when the London-based Firmdale Hotels opened its third New York property, the 57-room Warren Street Hotel.

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Toyota to build prototype city of the future, powered by hydrogen fuel cells

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His team at BIG have designed many high-profile projects: from 2 World Trade Center in New York and Lego House in Denmark, to Google’s Mountain View and London headquarters. For the design of Woven City, Toyota has commissioned Danish architect, Bjarke Ingels, CEO, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).

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5 New Hotels Where the Past Meets the Present

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Nowadays you can check into a 17th-century former soap factory on the French Riviera, or part of the Old War Office in London, or a Renaissance-palazzo-style building that was once a bank in New York. The guest rooms mix old and new with antiques, Murano glass chandeliers and wardrobes inspired by traditional Chinese cabinets.

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A Red Velvet Bistro in an Istanbul Villa

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Inside a sprawling villa in the neighborhood of Etiler, a wood-paneled dining room on the ground floor serves Debensason’s varied menu of dishes like tuna sashimi with sushi rice ice cream and a seasonal mushroom risotto. In February, Ruggiero is bringing Kiaia’s one-off pieces to New York. 4 through Feb.

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BMW unveils the production i3 in New York, London and Beijing; efficiency, dynamics and a supporting ecosystem of services

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In a simultaneous—and video linked—unveil in New York, London and Beijing, BMW introduced the production version of its i3 battery-electric vehicle on Monday. And if the battery has to be recharged at a public charging station, the driver is given a choice of available stations in the neighborhood.

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How Charles Darwin Found Inspiration on the Cape Verde Islands

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It was the Galápagos where Darwin, according to popular legend, “discovered” natural selection — though, in reality, it was only later in London that he grasped the significance of the finches and other animals he collected there. Our first stop, though, wasn’t on the map: an unfinished housing subdivision on the southeast tip of Santiago.

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Exploring Ghana, With Contemporary Art as a Guide

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Some days we had wraps at Vida e caffe , an African chain; others, we went to the Purple Café in Osu, a hip neighborhood to the east of our hotel. SCCA may resemble the spare, white-walled galleries of New York or London, but Selom Kudjie, the director, assured us it is far from a duplication of the Western gallery model.

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